The Book of True Love

Title

en_US The Book of True Love

Description

en_US Language note: Bilingual: English/Spanish

en_US Original language: spa

en_US Juan Ruiz, The Archpriest of Hita. Translation in Verse and Introduction by Saralyn R. Daly. Old Spanish edited by Anthony N. Zahareas

Creator

en_US Daly, Saralyn R. See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Fedon, Lisa

en_US Daly, Saralyn R. (Essayist)

Date

2016-01-25T19:03:32Z

en_US 1998-12

en_US 1978

Date Available

2016-01-25T19:03:32Z

Date Issued

en_US 1978

Abstract

en_US This is a thick paperback with a good lively translation in rhyming quatrains. Having the Spanish on the left page and the English on the right makes it easy to consult the original. There are helpful line-drawings for a number of fables: FK (73), BF (93), The Lion and the Horse (97), The Wolf and the Fox Before Judge Monkey (103), The Ass Without Heart or Ears (230), and TMCM (344-45). I just recently read one other translation and took a close look at a second. See my remarks on them: The Book of Good Love of the Archpriest of Hita, Juan Ruiz (1933) by Elisha Kane and The Book of Good Love: Juan Ruiz (1970) by Rigo Mignani and Mario A. Di Cesare. BF here has no sexual dimension; in other translations the jay in peacock's feathers is unmasked in the sex act (93). The sapphire found by the cock answers him back and accuses him of ignorance and bad taste (347). The ass envying the lapdog here accosts his mistress, not his master (351). The fables are clearly marked with bold titles outside the verse text. There are, early in the book, frequent but not disruptive pencil marks.

Identifier

en_US 0271005459

en_US 4307 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/79581

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US The Pennsylvania State University Press

en_US University Park

Subject

en_US PQ6430.A5 E5 1978 See all items with this value

en_US Buen Amor See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole